thirty-five countries scored higher, science, 27 scored higher, reading, 23 scored higher. lately some of the countries that are ahead of us. vietnam, ireland, poland, at the end of the day, if you don't agree with the numbers, do they tell a broad story that is basically accurate? >>well, in genel, it's a legitimate test. the problem is we are going to get all upset about these outcomes and the part of the reason that people ce is because they are telling us something about the productivity of the next generation of workers and says that her students are not going to be competitive five years down the road when i finished college were when they go into the workforce. but we have had a level of literacy in the unit states it is actually okay. but what we really have to worry about is the kind ofthings that will happen to the the students when they get into the economy. gerri: you make a good point and you talk about the productivity of the students on what i'm worried about is the productivity of the american taxpayer dollar. race to the top, no child left behind. billions